Rose Ⓐ 🏳️‍⚧️ (it/its)

Alright I'm curious about something. I can listen to the same song on repeat for days and not get bored, is it the same for other autistic people?

How long can you listen to the same song on repeat before it becomes too much?

#poll #polls #ActuallyAutistic

<30 min
17.9%
<2 hours
13.7%
<6 hours
6.3%
<1 day
4.2%
<1 week
21.1%
<1 month
21.1%
<1 year
8.4%
longer than 1 year
7.4%
Poll ended at .
Nov 13, 2022 at 12:24amWeb
Show threadLillyNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV Listening to one song on repeat is one of my favourite stims and something I’ve done my whole life. When I fall in love with something, that same song can stay with me for years!
Show threadRose Ⓐ 🏳️‍⚧️ (it/its)Nov 13, 2022
@Lilly_Jade_ yeah sometimes it just really scratches that itch. I look for a song to stim with like that for days at a time sometimes, because it needs to be just right.
Show threadobsurdityNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV i do this but with albums. i usually don't just listen to just songs or playlists
Show threadBestfootforwardNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV I'm not sure about listening to the same song over and over. But my crazy brain will repeat songs on my head over and over and over etc...even if I only heard the song once. Welcome to my brain !!!
Show threadWilliam BoissonneaultNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV it needs to be a small playlist if i want to listen to > 1 day... 😄
Show threadAgoraphoebeNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV I make playlists of around 12 songs that I repeat for many many months before I get tired of them and make a new one
Show threadCass, the FaeNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV I find that I can't listen to songs on repeat, but I can listen to albums on repeat for days.
Show threadKyrie ♿️ 🏳️‍⚧️ Nov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV To be honest I’ve never tested it because I’ve always had someone around before I hit the week mark and my masking wouldn’t let me keep going…
Show threadRose Ⓐ 🏳️‍⚧️ (it/its)Nov 13, 2022
@Enbybookwyrm I'm sorry to hear that, having to mask sucks
Show threadle kendall Nov 13, 2022

@RosethornRangerTTV I think my record for literally listening to the same song on repeat without any break at all. Just playing non stop over and over again... is about 16 hours. But lots of songs I would play heavily for days and days.

these days I don't listen to music though as I have found it pushes me into sensory overload too easily.

Show threadRose Ⓐ 🏳️‍⚧️ (it/its)Nov 13, 2022

@ephant music growing up would definitely overload me as well. The worst bit was when there were lyrics but I just couldn't quite understand them.

I live in a now city so I don't have much of a choice, it it's better than random car noise.

Show threadMojosueNov 13, 2022

@RosethornRangerTTV

During particularly stressful period i struggled with executive function, couldn't choose who to listen to let along which song. I sat myself down and picked 1 artist with a good range. Let the Universe choose and direct from there. 2 years later I'm now adding other artists back in. It saved my sanity, I couldn't not have music.

Show threadMojosueNov 13, 2022

@RosethornRangerTTV

Also. I've accidentally had a song on repeat and not realised it wasn't just a brilliant mega long epic remix.

Show threadApolloNov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV looking at the Thomas the tank engine theme being my top song because i played it on loop for two weeks due to some very intense dnd sessions during that time: is this not normal?
Show thread Glen Mastodon ☠Nov 13, 2022
@RosethornRangerTTV How far are we taking this? Do we poop next to music? If we're not talking constant loop day&night, I can obsess over a song for about a week or two before it settles down into mild obsession
Show threadMojosueNov 14, 2022
Oh no. It depends,?